Durace = $$$ for marginal weight savings, and almost negligible difference for a non competitive rider. I am not planning on racing, gonna see if I can hookup with 355-SI to hit that century mark.

the bike show is also such a joke, most of those deals can be had in store.

^^ you couldn't handle the torque in an oil burner. After driving Hondas all your life, you'd freak out

I find the ability to shop at all the stores in one place pretty convenient. Especially when you need a smaller or larger size and a lot local shops don't have a website with their inventory posted. There's also enough cheap accessories at the show that you usually come away with something for a decent price (chains, tires, helmet, shoes, CO2 cartridges... and so on).

I picked it up for $2100 tax in. MSRP was 3800, show price new was $2499 + tax. Its a 2012 demo bike with Ultegra 6700 components, full carbon (fact 10r)

I get my stuff for between 20 and 25% off the sticker price, which is pretty good.

Robbby is right though, pics are of the necessary.
I usually go to the Spring show...

Next year, I'm planning on buying a new mountain bike (probably just at my LBS)

p.s. does not look like a carbon bottle cage, switch out asap before hardcore roadies see you and laugh.

At least the rear wheel doesn't have a chain guard. I didn't know how n00bish that was until I broke mine off and started searching for a replacement

^^ Colour is actually fire engine red, stupid iphone under flourescent lights...

It will look better in my shed.

*ahem*... you mean bib shorts. you definitely mean BIB SHORTS.

op tries way to hard to be white.
bro blackies will never be good cyclists.
thats way to far n shit. short sprints are where its at.


*kenyans arent black*

nah they not black either.


youve got island blood. aint gonna change shit. good for sprinting with tvs under your arm.

bikes do not go in a shed, they go in the house.

Went to the show also and being my first time there I expected the line up to be huge. Got there around just after 8am and was pretty much at the start of the line. By the time it was 9 the line was pretty long.

I wasn't planning on getting much. Basically wanted to see what deals there were for clothing and stuff.

After about an hour there I left with this

Anthem X 29er 2


Now I have a dedicated trail bike and one for XC.

who's riding today???

who's riding today???

^^ Colour is actually fire engine red, stupid iphone under flourescent lights...

So I got fitted by D'ornellas bike shop in Scarborough (Warden and Lawrence area). The owner (Eon) did the fitting, he used to be cycling champ in the 70s and 80s, he's from Guyana. It took about an 1 1/2 hours, but we were shooting the shit too. I never knew a fitting was that detailed. Everyting from seat height, seat position, bar height and extension, to the angle. I even needed extensions for the pedals, because I could clearly see that my knees were going out when he used a laser to show me. I just wasn't putting down power in a vertical plane.

Then the guy went for a ride a with me to ensure that everything was good. He gave me some pointers on proper form, and even pointed me to some good online resources for learning proper technique etc. Great experience dealing with them

wait. you're a noob but you ride a full cf race bike? o.O /elitistroadie
jokes aside, saddle time is everything. enjoy the new rig! it's sweet

and???

Thats what the trainer over the winter is for.

good luck with that.

Oh man I second this.
Trainer in doors blows.
I thought that if I went to rollers, it'd be less boring...but even still, it still blows.

Maybe I can ride it hard for 30 mins at a time, but I'm so bored by the end that it's difficult to keep wanting to continue doing it. I've now given up and have succumbed to other forms of cross training

I'd rather have a nice bike than a nice watch.

/shitstorm

Cycling meat?

Imagine if it had an actual drivetrain... and brakes on both ends!

AGREE

http://www.forestcityvelodrome.ca/

They've got arrive-and-drive rental bikes and gear for n00bs. I've always wanted to try riding on a track.

You got a balling garage there sir.
Mine is very simple...

My race bike: Caad9, 105. Cheap + if crashed, no huge wallet pain.


My training bike (ridden daily): Cervelo T1.



Both bikes were gifts from the wife

^^ Cervalo........mmmm

so badass! What's the first one, a blur? (wait, that doesnt go 6 inches does it?). Awesome awesome awesome.
I like trails, but gotta drive to get there. Driving to go biking seems counter intuitive to my little brain

I thought it was Milton for the Pan-Am Games?

No comment on the photo above yours, eh?

/notthatfullofmyself-itshisoldbike

Has anyone ordered stuff from Jenson USA or Chain Reaction Cycles in the UK? Thinking about purchasing a few things.

just put a deposit down on this as it had to be ordered in

Actual pic of bikes.

So how are you guys dealing with flats? Did you go tubeless with a patch kit?

Wondering if Straitline flats are good? Need something grippy and don't wanna go clipless.

We have DH in Ontario?!?!

I've been to blue mountain a few times, was awesome.

On a bike related note, anyone else go to Where The Trail Ends last night at TIFF Bell Lightbox? It was the Toronto Premier they had a rider and production crew there with a Q&A etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZUsc1ewgUQ

We unfortunately dont, I go out west or to the US (snowshoe or whiteface).
I will admit going to blue at least once a year though, the trails are very good just short.
I would also love to see you ride a hardtail down the blacks and especially double blacks at blue. Just because the hill isn't tall doesn't mean the DH trails aren't tough.

My friend rode his HT, I rode my Team Scalpel on the blacks at Blue mountain and and pinned it by guys with full squish rigs, gear and full face helmets. Ditto that to the O-cup trail @ Kelso. While blue is as good as we're going to get with our flat ass terrain, by no means is it technical enough to compare to most places.

I've done blue on my heckler and rental DH. After a day on my heckler I feel like I've been rattled and beaten to shit, in pain. On the DH bike I was in a different sort of pain, the kind you get from using your legs as a suspension and pushing a big heavy bike around. I'd not go there on my all mountain bike again, even though I could.

Naw, ASNG had the STi and he was cool even though he kept getting banned in OT

Robby - couldn't remember which blacks, it was a few years ago. I wouldn't say I'm super l33t, but definitely hold my own. When I go to whistler with a full squish, I can still pin it by people ;), though most people there seem to be just DJs on DH rigs - haha. The shore is something completely different. That's retardedly fun and it's even better because it's friggen free, so close to Van, and the people are so much more chill than anywhere I've been.

Have you been anywhere else? Thinking of going to Peru next year.

On the road I wear a base layer and my Pearl Izumi Elite Thermal jacket, and Sugoi thermal tights. The thermal-wear is just lycra with a fleecy inside... the Pearl Jacket has a windproof chest piece. When the ears can't handle it, I have a Sugoi head sock.
I ride until my mountain bike gloves don't shield me anymore... which is around 0 degrees.

For mountain, it's sorta the same gear, but maybe with a hoodie.

Pearl Izumi Elite Thermal jacket (I have 2012... this is the 2013, but it's similar)
http://shop.pearlizumi.com/product.php?mode=view&pc_id=45&product_id=1579017&outlet=&color_code=509

The tights
http://www.sugoi.com/can/bike/men/tights/midzero-zap-tight-3.html

Bought the Gore Tool 3 jacket... white with black.

Got mine at Silent Sports. I get deals there.

Bought a new bike

Actually it's from RBK. Something like this

http://bscstudent.buffalostate.edu/skursm59/web/inlineimpact/popups/inlineimpact19.html